Irish M&A Deal Values Surge as Major Transactions Drive Strong First Half
Irish M&A surges to €33.2bn in H1 2026, powered by large-scale deals and robust international investor appetite, our M&A Review H1 2026 finds.
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Irish M&A surges to €33.2bn in H1 2026, powered by large-scale deals and robust international investor appetite, our M&A Review H1 2026 finds.
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Welcome to the March 2025 edition of Legal News. Here is a selection of our recent publications.
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Transactions up, value down for Irish M&A Activity in 2023.
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The Irish M&A market experienced a dip of 2% in the number of qualifying deals during the first half of 2023, totalling 177 transactions.
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Ireland’s appeal as a place to do business has, in recent years, both attracted multinational groups expanding their operations and supported the g...
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Ireland’s M&A environment remains strong despite Brexit and global uncertainty
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A recent English decision gives guidance on what happens to legal advice privilege attaching to communications between a company and its lawyers, o...
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Directors of certain large companies should be aware of new reporting obligations with regard to non-financial and diversity matters
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M&A Deals increase 14% in 2020 to €9.1bn. Download Ireland's definitive M&A review.
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Effective from 1 March 2021, the revised IPHA Code introduces new rules for advertising non-prescription medicines, traditional herbal medicinal pr...
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New legislation amends the Companies Act 2014
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The rise of digital adoption and the implementation of digital transformation strategies in recent years has led to significant M&A growth in the t...
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A total of 122 deals were recorded within the Irish M&A Market in the first six months of 2022, a drop of 14% since the first half of 2021 which wa...
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As previously reported, the European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations 2019 (the "2019 Regulati...
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Bill to prepare Ireland for no deal withdrawal by the UK working its way through legislative process
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New rules require corporate entities to submit beneficial ownership information to a 'central register' by 22 November 2019.
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We were delighted to co-sponsor the Deloitte Fast 50 Lunch, inviting a group of the Fast 50 winners and CEO’s of high growth technology businesses ...